Joy Homestead | |
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Location | Cranston, Rhode Island |
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Coordinates | 41°46′57″N 71°28′36″W / 41.78250°N 71.47667°W |
Built | 1764 |
NRHP reference No. | 71000035 [1] |
Added to NRHP | February 18, 1971 |
The Joy Homestead, also known as the Job Joy House, is a historic house on Old Scituate Avenue in Cranston, Rhode Island. This 2+1⁄2-story gambrel-roof wood-framed house was built between 1764 and 1778. It was occupied by members of the Joy family until 1884, and was acquired by the Cranston Historical Society in 1959. [2] It was a stopping point on the first day's march in 1781 of the French Army troops marching from Providence to Yorktown, Virginia during the American Revolutionary War. [3]
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. [1] The Historical Society offers tours.
Joy Homestead | |
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Location | Cranston, Rhode Island |
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Coordinates | 41°46′57″N 71°28′36″W / 41.78250°N 71.47667°W |
Built | 1764 |
NRHP reference No. | 71000035 [1] |
Added to NRHP | February 18, 1971 |
The Joy Homestead, also known as the Job Joy House, is a historic house on Old Scituate Avenue in Cranston, Rhode Island. This 2+1⁄2-story gambrel-roof wood-framed house was built between 1764 and 1778. It was occupied by members of the Joy family until 1884, and was acquired by the Cranston Historical Society in 1959. [2] It was a stopping point on the first day's march in 1781 of the French Army troops marching from Providence to Yorktown, Virginia during the American Revolutionary War. [3]
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. [1] The Historical Society offers tours.